Posted by bluedog on March 11, 2003, at 0:32:49
In reply to Oh, my! Don't I feel dumb. » bluedog, posted by beardedlady on March 10, 2003, at 12:11:39
Beardy
YOU dumb????? You are kidding aren't you...I hope:) :):).
I just happen to have a legal background and also personally have had to deal with workplace bullying. As I also live in Australia I simply tried to give Alara as much Aussie related stuff to bullying as I could without tryng to overwhelm her with TOO much legal detail. However bullying in the workplace is a legal minefield and if an informal approach to the perpertrators telling them to desist fails (assuming you are strong enough to do this in the first place without assistance for example from a union representative), then to take the matter further you need real and detailed evidence of the bullying behaviour if you want any chance at at succeeding in putting a stop to the bullying.
Believe me there is nothing more frustrating than going to your CEO with nothing but your word against theirs and then the perpertrators deny everything. This is where a bullying diary and medically documenting the bullying comes in so handy.
Believe me when I tell you there are a lot of organisations that will simply stick their heads in the sand and pretend that everything is "Hunky Dory" and will do absolutely nothing to help you unless you can provide them with detailed evidence and doctors' reports. This type of evidence will usually scare them into action to stamp out the bullying in an informal (and much less stressful) manner for fear of much more formal forums such as (in Australia) the Industrial Commission or the Law Courts.
Why don't you pick the speeling and Grammore in my above post to pieces so that I will feel dumb in return:) :).
Seeya Beardy
warm regards
bluedog
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